Tinubu draws peace pact to end Fubara-Wike face-off in Rivers, opposition kicks
A peace deal was reached at a meeting called by President Bola Tinubu held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday.
The meeting was attended by Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his predecessor Nyesom Wike and other political leaders in the state.
Apart from Messrs Fubara and Wike, others who signed the resolution document include the PDP chairperson in Rivers State, Aaron Chukwuemeka, and the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule.
The resolution was also signed by Rivers Deputy Governor Ngozi Ordu and a factional Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Martin Chike.
The APC chairperson in Rivers and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, also signed the document.
The meeting was also attended by Vice President Kashim Shettima and a former governor of the state, Peter Odili.
The signed resolution document contained eight items. These include that Mr Fubara and his team would withdraw all the court cases they instituted and that the Rivers Assembly would drop all impeachment proceedings against the governor.
“1. ALL matters instituted in the courts by the Governor of Rivers State, Sir Fubara, and his team, in respect of the political crisis in Rivers State, shall be withdrawn IMMEDIATELY.
2. ALL impeachment proceedings initiated against the Governor of Rivers State by the Rivers State House of Assembly should be dropped immediately.
3. The leadership of the Rivers State House of Assembly as led by the Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule shall be recognised alongside the 27 members who resigned from the PDP.
4. The remunerations and benefits of ALL members of the Rivers State House of Assembly and their staff must be reinstated
immediately and the Governor of Rivers State shall henceforth not interfere with the full funding of the Rivers State House of
Assembly.
5. The Rivers State House of Assembly shall choose where they want to sit and conduct their legislative business without interference and/or hindrance from the Executive arm of government.
6. The Governor of Rivers State, Sir Fubara, shall re-present the state budget to a properly constituted Rivers State House of
Assembly.
7. The names of ALL commissioners in the Rivers State Executive Council who resigned their appointments because of the political crisis in the state should be resubmitted to the House of Assembly for approval.
8. There should NOT be a caretaker committee for the local governments in Rivers State. The dissolution of the Local Government administration is null and void and shall not be recognised.”
No member of the two groups has commented on the resolutions.
Even though Mr Wike helped Mr Fubara get to office as governor, both men have been on a war path for several weeks leading to violence and an attack on the Rivers Assembly complex which was later demolished by the state government,
About 27 of the 31 members of the Rivers Assembly are loyal to Mr Wike and had threatened to impeach Mr Fubara.
Meanwhile, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dele Momodu, has said President Bola Tinubu cannot be the headmaster of state and Federal Government, describing Tinubu’s intervention in the crisis between Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike as absurd.
Reacting on Instagram, Momodu wrote: “The directives to Rivers State by a Federal President are really absurd in legal terms. No President can be a Headmaster of both State and Federal.
“What manner of democracy are we practicing that allows a President to intervene in the internal affairs of opposition parties and over-rules the Constitution unchallenged, and our politicians comply as if they are in a slave camp.
“Opposition parties must vehemently oppose this brazen attempt at forcing a one-party dictatorship on Nigeria.”
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